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Compendious vs Discursive - What's the difference?

compendious | discursive |

As adjectives the difference between compendious and discursive

is that compendious is containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized while discursive is (of speech or writing) tending to digress from the main point; rambling.

compendious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • containing a subset of words, succinctly described; abridged and summarized
  • briefly describing a body of knowledge
  • Anagrams

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    discursive

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (of speech or writing) Tending to digress from the main point; rambling.
  • *
  • This means, at times, long and perhaps overly discursive discussions of other taxa.
  • (philosophy) Using reason and argument rather than intuition.
  • Derived terms

    * counterdiscursive

    See also

    * discourse ----